Underworld – Born SlippyAs put so succinctly by iainl: "Jesus wept. As did I, when I saw a total absence of Underworld. Nothing says 'partying British people' quite like Born Slippy's chorus of 'lager, lager, lager, shouting.'" We have to agree. Black Lace – Agadoomssauerkraut highlighted this omission, and it seems several of you lot also wanted to hear the strains of "a-ga-doo-doo-doo" at a party. All we can do is apologise for forgetting this wedding classic and remind you that it could have been worse – we could have picked Gang Bang.

Stealers Wheel – Stuck In the Middle With YouSourpus took us to task over this absence: "First of all, your list contains too much Madonna – three tracks too many in fact. Also, what about Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel?" We've no idea whether the recommendations were for the berating of Madge or for the nomination of this 1972 classic, but rules are rules and so this makes our list.

David Bowie – Jean GenieAnother 1972 hit, this time the stonking Jean Genie from Bowie's Warhol-glam era, nominated by dementedlands, with the words, "I'll get me zimmer".

Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"But how, but how, but how could you have missed Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel?" asked macmac, before adding: "Ooooooooh la la la la, ooooooh la la la la ooooooooooooooooooh yeah". We couldn't have sang it better.

Andrew WK – Party HardThe problem with hard-partying nose-bleeder Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier is – where to start? How can you pick Party Hard above the likes of Party Til' You Puke, Music and Sex or We Want Fun? Because, says silentcommand, it "does what it says on the tin".

Stardust – Music Sounds Better With YouThis groovy spot of French electronica managed to sound both distinctly new and like a lost classic when it made the top 10 in 1998. Thanks to Mint88 for this one.

D:Ream – Things Can Only Get BetterMaybe it's the New Labour association, or the pointless colon, or the fact it's a tedious song few people ever want to hear again. Whatever the reason, we failed to include one-hit wonders D:Ream and their 1993 Euro-disco track and were summarily taken to task by wenlockedge, who we think had his or her tongue firmly in their cheek when they wrote: "What? No room for D:Ream's Things Can Only Get Better? It was only a dozen years ago that it was a party anthem. What went wrong?" We don't have enough space to answer that …

Odyssey – Native New Yorker"I'd only go to a party that didn't play James Brown if a woman was involved," explains alex1010 in no unclear terms. "But once there, I'd leave if they didn't play Native New Yorker – woman or no woman." Prospective women take heed.